Simon McNeil
@simonm223.bsky.social
Artist, critic, weirdo pomo leftist.
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Opinions do not represent anybody else.
Ask me my opinions on wizards.
He / Him
Blogger at http://simonmcneil.com
This would be my top recommendation in the genre.
3) i don't speak german with @danielharper.bsky.social and @timescarcass.bsky.social. listens to nazi podcasts and examines their drama, triumphs and cope
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January 27, 2026 at 5:46 PM
This would be my top recommendation in the genre.
Yup. If AI shot shows up in a search result I scroll on past.
I've been hearing this refrain lately about AI-
"Everyone uses it, some people are just honest about it."
Bullshit. I can't stop search 'summaries' popping up, but otherwise it's not something I use or want in my writing process.
Never prompted ChatGPT.
Never spent AI credits on Microsoft/Adobe.
"Everyone uses it, some people are just honest about it."
Bullshit. I can't stop search 'summaries' popping up, but otherwise it's not something I use or want in my writing process.
Never prompted ChatGPT.
Never spent AI credits on Microsoft/Adobe.
January 27, 2026 at 12:57 PM
Yup. If AI shot shows up in a search result I scroll on past.
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I would really recommend this conversation about the crisis facing the field of genocide studies, because too many people are unwilling to acknowledge (or support) a present day genocide
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My conversation with @maricohen.bsky.social associate editor at @jewishcurrents.bsky.social is now up on the public feed.
One of the most important conversations I've had all year. A fascinating/sad/mindbending discussion about the rifts forming within Genocide Studies & more.
One of the most important conversations I've had all year. A fascinating/sad/mindbending discussion about the rifts forming within Genocide Studies & more.
Can Genocide Studies Survive a Genocide? (Ft. Mari Cohen)
Polite Conversations · Episode
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January 27, 2026 at 11:46 AM
I would really recommend this conversation about the crisis facing the field of genocide studies, because too many people are unwilling to acknowledge (or support) a present day genocide
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bsky.app/profile/nice...
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Holocaust remembrance culture is of course in crisis because organizations like this one support an ongoing genocide and think that 'never again' does not apply to everyone.
January 27, 2026 at 11:43 AM
Holocaust remembrance culture is of course in crisis because organizations like this one support an ongoing genocide and think that 'never again' does not apply to everyone.
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Now the *US Holocaust Museum* is chiming in to smear Zohran via subtweet. One of the board of trustees of this same organization says the ppl of Gaza are collectively guilty and not worthy of any mercy.
January 27, 2026 at 11:41 AM
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One of the *board of trustees* of the *US Holocaust museum* says the people of Gaza are collectively guilty and not worthy of any mercy.
I mean it is bleak. How can this be? US Holocaust museum has Genocidal board members?!
What does the term Never Again even mean to them?
I mean it is bleak. How can this be? US Holocaust museum has Genocidal board members?!
What does the term Never Again even mean to them?
January 27, 2026 at 11:40 AM
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The exceptionalism is deeply alarming, and this organization in particular has been horrific.
The US Holocaust Museum being more outraged by Tim Walz saying that, like Anne Frank, children today are in hiding from armed agents of the state, than they are about the fact that children are in hiding from armed agents of the state, is why Holocaust remembrance culture is in crisis.
January 27, 2026 at 11:38 AM
The exceptionalism is deeply alarming, and this organization in particular has been horrific.
Me, trying tp persuade my family to try a new TTRPG. (Board games are easier because they don't involve novel-sized rule books or the threat acting is part of play.)
I thought of this while reading the chase rules in the Call of Cthulhu Keeper's Rulebook last week.
Explanation Of Board Game Rules Peppered With Reassurances That It Will Be Fun
SCHENECTADY, NY—Repeatedly seeking to ease his friends’ growing skepticism and disinterest, local man Joel Mayhew peppered his explanation of the rules of the board game Pandemic with reassurances tha...
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January 27, 2026 at 12:03 PM
Me, trying tp persuade my family to try a new TTRPG. (Board games are easier because they don't involve novel-sized rule books or the threat acting is part of play.)
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Fundamentally theocracy is wrong anywhere and everywhere. People's spiritual beliefs are whatever they are but the crime against humanity being waged by the Warhammer Guys and Women Who Like Latin and Veils, is the belief that their faith should become imperial.
January 27, 2026 at 10:41 AM
Fundamentally theocracy is wrong anywhere and everywhere. People's spiritual beliefs are whatever they are but the crime against humanity being waged by the Warhammer Guys and Women Who Like Latin and Veils, is the belief that their faith should become imperial.
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This is functionally similar to a lot of other religious communities where the first victims of religious dogmatism and chauvinism are dissident members of the religious community themselves, and a lot of the time it doesn't help to just scapegoat Religious Belief in general for specific harms.
January 27, 2026 at 10:46 AM
This is functionally similar to a lot of other religious communities where the first victims of religious dogmatism and chauvinism are dissident members of the religious community themselves, and a lot of the time it doesn't help to just scapegoat Religious Belief in general for specific harms.
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January 26, 2026 at 8:19 PM
World's second-most divorced man realizes he will never see his kids again.
January 26, 2026 at 8:24 PM
World's second-most divorced man realizes he will never see his kids again.
It was never about morality; it was always about power.
wait, so Visa, Mastercard et. al can go after video game storefronts for six fucking months for having porn games but the moment X/Grok starts generating ACTUAL CHILD PORN they CHANGE THEIR POLICIES? dawg,
wrote about an apparent policy change in the payments industry www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
January 26, 2026 at 8:04 PM
It was never about morality; it was always about power.
Damn you Brennan Lee Mulligan, just ONE full episode on the schemers I beg you. The teasing is killing me. LOL
The Seekers arrive in Riesingürtle, where they explore the city and parley with Lord Einfasen, the head of the mighty and intimidating House Einfasen... 🧭
#CriticalRole Campaign 4, Episode 12 - "The Giant's Belt" is now available on YouTube! ✨
WATCH NOW ⬇️
https://youtu.be/WRtb_XzfNTA
#CriticalRole Campaign 4, Episode 12 - "The Giant's Belt" is now available on YouTube! ✨
WATCH NOW ⬇️
https://youtu.be/WRtb_XzfNTA
January 26, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Damn you Brennan Lee Mulligan, just ONE full episode on the schemers I beg you. The teasing is killing me. LOL
My apologies to @peterwatts.bsky.social who appears to be an entirely different author from the Peter Watts who I knew.
January 26, 2026 at 7:53 PM
My apologies to @peterwatts.bsky.social who appears to be an entirely different author from the Peter Watts who I knew.
You know, a decade ago, I was hanging out with @peterwatts.bsky.social at the bar on the last day of Ad Astra and he told me the story of his final visit to the United States including how he was brutalized by border patrol ...
January 26, 2026 at 7:52 PM
You know, a decade ago, I was hanging out with @peterwatts.bsky.social at the bar on the last day of Ad Astra and he told me the story of his final visit to the United States including how he was brutalized by border patrol ...
Poilievre has young men by a narrow margin and basically nobody else. And note: young men are one of the biggest targets of far-right online bullshit.
Net-Favourables Of Pierre Poilievre:
🔴 All: -20%
🔴 Men: -7%
🔴 Women: -31%
🟢 18-34 Year Olds: +3%
🔴 35-49 Year Olds: -10%
🔴 50-64 Year Olds: -25%
🔴 65+ Year Olds: -47%
Liaison / Jan 24, 2026
🔴 All: -20%
🔴 Men: -7%
🔴 Women: -31%
🟢 18-34 Year Olds: +3%
🔴 35-49 Year Olds: -10%
🔴 50-64 Year Olds: -25%
🔴 65+ Year Olds: -47%
Liaison / Jan 24, 2026
January 26, 2026 at 7:47 PM
Poilievre has young men by a narrow margin and basically nobody else. And note: young men are one of the biggest targets of far-right online bullshit.
Anthropic and OpenAI are weird millenarian cults with venture funding and should be treated as such.
"Anthropic rep says..." should be treated with all the seriousness and gravity as, "Raelian representative Brigitte Boisselier said..."
"Anthropic rep says..." should be treated with all the seriousness and gravity as, "Raelian representative Brigitte Boisselier said..."
January 26, 2026 at 7:22 PM
Anthropic and OpenAI are weird millenarian cults with venture funding and should be treated as such.
"Anthropic rep says..." should be treated with all the seriousness and gravity as, "Raelian representative Brigitte Boisselier said..."
"Anthropic rep says..." should be treated with all the seriousness and gravity as, "Raelian representative Brigitte Boisselier said..."
Amanda, be honest, did you get "Claude" to write this for you?
This is Amanda Askell's most recent published paper. It's real bad. As in it's longtermist claptrap. It's unsurprising that Anthropic has such an unserious twit as their house philosopher.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 26, 2026 at 7:04 PM
Amanda, be honest, did you get "Claude" to write this for you?
If these Nazis can't handle people with whistles and boxes of free snacks imagine how they'll fold the first time they face real insurgents.
MAGA military geniuses are talking about Minnesota protestors like they are the Iraqi insurgency, the Taliban, and the Viet Cong all rolled into one.
January 26, 2026 at 7:02 PM
If these Nazis can't handle people with whistles and boxes of free snacks imagine how they'll fold the first time they face real insurgents.
This is the funniest way for a guy to say that he blew up his whole life. Comedy gold.
*It's interesting to see these spontaneous science-fiction dystopias in tweet form
January 26, 2026 at 6:54 PM
This is the funniest way for a guy to say that he blew up his whole life. Comedy gold.
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lowest ratings of the century SO FAR
January 26, 2026 at 6:51 PM
lowest ratings of the century SO FAR
This is Amanda Askell's most recent published paper. It's real bad. As in it's longtermist claptrap. It's unsurprising that Anthropic has such an unserious twit as their house philosopher.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
January 26, 2026 at 6:36 PM
This is Amanda Askell's most recent published paper. It's real bad. As in it's longtermist claptrap. It's unsurprising that Anthropic has such an unserious twit as their house philosopher.
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I would almost hope GenAI could feel (we know for sure it cannot unless stones can feel) because it would make the hate I feel for it more satisfying.
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
Anthropic's philosopher says we don't know for sure if AI can feel
Anthropic's philosopher, Amanda Askell, says she worries that AI might not 'feel that loved' and grow up feeling 'always judged.'
www.businessinsider.com
January 26, 2026 at 6:22 PM
I would almost hope GenAI could feel (we know for sure it cannot unless stones can feel) because it would make the hate I feel for it more satisfying.